Colorado Finishes 16th At Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge

Tuesday, February 5

Palos Verdes, CA

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Colorado

Third Round

Freshman Malak Boureada

Colorado Finishes 16th At Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge

February 05, 2019 | Women's Golf

Final Individual Results Final Team Results

By: Linda Sprouse, Associate SID

PALOS VERDES, Calif. — Despite shooting its best round of the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge on Tuesday, the University of Colorado women's golf team was unable to make up any ground and finished 16th.

The Buffs shot a 17-over 301 on Tuesday, bettering their scorecards from the previous two days. CU was a 24-over 308 on Sunday and a 25-over 309 on Monday to finish a 65-over 917. They finished four strokes behind Alabama, which was 15th at 61-over (913), although the Buffs did have a better third round score than the UA, which shot 21-over (305).

Stanford hung on for the win with a three-day scorecard of 295-279-293—867, which was 15-over for the tournament. Pac-12 foe UCLA was just two-strokes back at 869 (291-289-289) and Southern California finished third (299-288-284—871).

The field was extremely competitive and battled through the tough weather conditions on the challenging 6,017-yard, par 71 Palos Verdes Golf Club. Of the 16 teams in the field, 11 are ranked in the top-20.

"We got a bit better play today from Malak (Boureada), Kirsty (Hodgkins) and Elle (Otten)," head coach Anne Kelly said. "Unfortunately our seniors struggled with this golf course. It is a Championship course that requires precise shots around the greens. We just have not had the preparation time outdoors to tune up that part of game yet.

"We definitely take away a sense of what areas we need to work on and at least have a good idea of what to expect for the Pac-12 Championship back here in April. This is a tough way to start the spring season, but our players will fight back and work hard to prepare for the next tournaments."

Colorado's highest finisher in the tournament was junior Kirsty Hodgkins, who ended the three-day event with a 12-over 225 to tie for 34^th. She had her best round of the tournament on Tuesday, recording 14 pars, 1 birdie, two bogeys and one double, which came on her final hole. She got out to a very strong start, making par on her first eight holes before shooting a pair of bogeys back-to-back. She rebounded on the next hole with her ninth par of the day and then recorded her first birdie of the afternoon to bring her score back to 1-over. From there she tallied five consecutive pars but shot a 6 on a par-4 to finish the round.

Freshman Malak Boureada also recorded her best round of the event on Tuesday, shooting a 1-over 72, which was the best single round score for a Buff in the tournament. Overall, she finished tied for 41^st with a 13-over 226 (77-77-72). Her round started on the 15^th hole where she sunk her first of two birdies to being the day at 1-under. She made par on the following hole before shooting her second birdie of the round to bring her to 2-under through three holes. She earned another four straight pars before hitting a bit of a rough patch as she tallied three straight bogeys, which brought her to 1-over. Boureada rebounded nicely though, making par on the final eight holes.

Sophomore Elle Otten shot her best round of the tournament too, finishing the day with a 4-over 75. She began the day with three pars and three bogeys before sinking her only birdie of the day to put her at 2-over. She played pretty even for the rest of the round, recording nine pars and two bogeys. Otten's three-day scorecard (80-81-75) put her at a 23-over 236, which tied for 74^th with teammate senior Gillian Vance.

Vance (76-80-80) recorded her second 9-over round of the event. She had some issues out of the gate with three bogeys and one double, putting her at 5-over in the first four holes. She made par on the next two holes and shot a birdie on the following hole to bring her back to a 4-over, but unfortunately she couldn't bring it any lower as she recorded five bogeys and six pars to finish the day.

Senior Haley Nist had a rough day, recording a pair of triple bogeys. She did not have any birdies, but made 10 pars and had six bogeys for a 12-over 83 on the day. She finished the tournament 77^th with a 25-over 238 (79-76-83).

Andrea Lee (Stanford) hung on for the win after moving into first during the second round on Monday. She finished with a narrow one-stroke lead over Arizona's Yu-Sang Hou and Texas' Agathe Laisne. Lee finished the tournament with an even 213 (70-70-73), while Hou and Laisne were a 1-over 214. Hou's scorecard was 72-71-71, while Laisne's was 69-74-71.

The Buffs will be back in competition, Feb. 18-19, at the Rebel/Beach Invitational at the Spanish Trail Country Club in Las Vegas.

BUFFALO INDIVIDUALS
Rank	Name	Score
T34.	Kirsty Hodgkins	75-76-74—225
T41.	Malak Bouraeda	77-77-72—226
T74. T74.	Gillian Vance Elle Otten	76-80-80—236 80-81-75—236
77.	Haley Nist	79-76-83—238

TOP 5 INDIVIDUALS
Rank	Name	Score
1.	Andrea Lee, Stanford	70-70-73—213
T2.	Yu-Sang Hou, Arizona	72-71-71—214
T2.	Agathe Laisne, Texas	69-71-71—214
T4.	Han-Hsuan Yu, Oklahoma State	73-72-71—216
T4. T4. T4.	Clare Legaspi, UCLA Patty Tavatanakit, UCLA Jennifer Chang, Southern California	71-74-71—216 73-70-73—216 75-73-68—216

TEAM SCORE
Rank	Team	Score
1.	Stanford	295-279-293—867
2.	UCLA	291-289-289—869
3.	Southern California	299-288-284—871
4.	Texas	298-288-289—875
T5.	Oklahoma State	305-289-290—884
T5.	Arizona	302-297-285—884
7.	Wake Forest	300-292-297—889
8.	Furman	304-299-293—897
9.	Washington	308-296-293—897
10.	Ohio State	299-302-298—899
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.	Baylor Florida State Florida Arizona State Alabama Colorado	304-301-296—901 307-293-303—903 306-297-301—904 316-299-292—907 307-301-305—913 307-309-301—917